"I think it's my job to know sort of what his value is, and he didn't have any trade value." - Martin Mayhew

Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew had the option of trying to eventually trade Titus Young. but believed the receiver had no trade value.AP File Photo

ALLEN PARK -- Detroit Lions general manager Martin Mayhew said he released receiver Titus Young and did not attempt to trade him for one main reason.

"He didn't really have any trade value," Mayhew said. "I didn't talk to anybody. I didn't call 32 GMs and try to get a seventh (conditional pick), or anything like that. I think it's my job to know sort of what his value is, and he didn't have any trade value."

That was Mayhew's dilemma after his former second-round pick alienated teammates and coaches through his insubordinate actions as a member of the Detroit Lions.

Prior to Young's release, he was dismissed by the team three times for his constant misconduct. Young began voicing his displeasure after the season on Twitter, and challenged to the organization to cut him, which eventually happened.

Lions coach Jim Schwartz would not say what the final straw was, but believes the organization gave Young enough chances before their final decision.

"We obviously went through a lot," Schwartz said. "We had our incident last spring (sucker-punching former teammate Louis Delmas). We took quite a few steps there. He came back onto the team and was fairly productive and wasn't a distraction.

"We had a couple of other incidents and kept him away again, and came back, and we still had other incidents, and at that point, it was done. We certainly exhausted all of our resources in trying to keep him productive and keep him in a team mood, but it wasn't successful."

Schwartz added that he does not have regrets about the decision to release Young.

"I think it was an accumulation of a lot of things," Schwartz said. "The thing we have to always keep in mind is what's best for the team as we move forward, and just like making decisions with (Stephen) Peterman and Kyle Vanden Bosch, we also had to make a decision here that was best for the team.

"You can be at peace with decisions with that as long as you recognize that you're making the decision for what's best for the team. In that case, that's what we did."